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A Life in the Day: Ioan Gruffudd

The 33-year-old Welsh-born actor has starred in TV dramas such as Warriors, Hornblower, and The Forsyte Saga. Six years ago he moved to Los Angeles with his fiancée, the actor Alice Evans. Later this month he appears as William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace

I've been known to roll out of bed way into the early afternoon. Since becoming an actor I'd say that my average time for getting up is midday, which is shocking! But this year I made a new year's resolution to get up between 8 and 9, and so far I've stuck to it. The first thing I do is take out my retainer, a plastic thing I put in my mouth at night to stop my teeth from grinding themselves to death. I slur if I speak, so altogether not the most attractive image in the morning. I'll then go and put the kettle on. We get PG Tips out here, and I like to take a cup of tea in to my beautiful fiancée, who's often still sleeping. She likes it with a spoonful of manuka honey.